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#AceNewsDesk – A senior ABC manager says the broadcaster had to ask for a “please explain” from the Bureau of Meteorology after changes to forecasting started to affect radio programs.

The bureau is moving away from having meteorologists provide weather crosses to the ABC and commercial radio programs in favour of using less qualified “community information officers”.

Hugh Martin, head of Regional, Rural and Emergency at the ABC, said he had concerns including further centralisation of bureau staff presenting weather crosses to ABC programs. 

“There had been some concerns in some of our regional stations that they were getting crosses from [interstate] locations,” Mr Martin said.

“But there wasn’t anything official so we had a meeting with the bureau in late October and they told us they wanted their meteorologists to concentrate on the science.

“And they would be creating a central communications team to manage radio crosses, that would be based in an east coast capital city.”

Mr Martin said changes to the quality of radio weather forecasts began showing in September, when Northern Territory program makers complained to ABC management.

“In early October in Queensland some of our radio teams were calling their regular BOM contacts for radio crosses and were told to contact a phone number in Melbourne instead,” he said.

“That was a change that wasn’t communicated [to the ABC] prior to those on-air teams being told to call a different number.”

Mr Martin said he understood the financial pressures the bureau was facing as a government-funded organisation.

But he said a lack of communication had resulted in inaccuracies going to air, with communications officers on occasion being referred to as qualified meteorologists.

“That communication process is not where we want it to be,” he said.

“We actually don’t know who the communication experts are at the other end often.

“Whereas through years of interaction we’ve come to know these senior meteorologists and form that relationship with them, which is really important.”People in regional Victoria have voiced concerns about changes in forecast radio broadcasting.(ABC News: Evelyn Leckie)none

Mr Martin said with time the confidence in community information officers could increase.

“But that’s not where we are at, at the moment, and this is the problem,” he said.

He said he was keen to work with the BOM to understand how the arrangement could work for both parties and for audiences.

“Australian taxpayers and audiences are the reason that we do this, so it’s really important that we get it right,” he said.

“It is something that is crucial to how we operate and I’m very keen to make sure we get it back on track.”

The Bureau of Meteorology said in a statement that community information officers would have “relevant qualifications in meteorology, climatology, hydrology, communications, environmental science and/or engineering from an Australian educational institution” or “comparable overseas qualifications”.The bureau says its information officers will have relevant qualifications.(Supplied)none

“Wherever possible, the community information officers are based in the region of the broadcast, however the bureau’s priority remains on providing accurate and timely information to enable better decision making by the community,” a bureau spokesperson said.

“Everyone delivering radio crosses draws on local information and is fully briefed on local weather issues.”

The spokesperson said the radio crosses were shared across the national community information officer team and the local team to ensure availability of staff at the hours requested by the radio stations.

“Currently, the bureau has approximately 90 staff around Australia who deliver radio crosses, including community information officers.”

Senior federal government ministers were contacted but declined to comment.

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#AceNewsDesk – Residents in Moama in southern New South Wales are complaining about brown water coming out of their household taps as the local government authority says it’s an issue that is likely to go on for weeks

Moama resident Beck Angel took to social media to show the discoloration of the water coming out of her taps.

“Here’s our kitchen tap water — bath and shower way worse!” she said.

“We haven’t been drinking it either, but when the water looks like this in the bathroom, [we] don’t really want to wash in it either.”

The Murray River Council said floodwater from the river systems was affecting the council’s filtered water networks and discolouring the usually clear tap water.It was a case of ‘don’t throw in the baby with the bath water’.(Supplied: Facebook/Sar Hall)none

“While the filtered water is discoloured, it is not harmful and the filtered water quality is within the requirements of the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines,” a council spokesperson said.

It said the discolouration may cause toilet U-bends to look a little murky, bath water may look dirty, and that white sheets and clothes may not stay white when washed.

“This is likely to be an ongoing issue for weeks to come,” the spokesperson said.

No boil water alert active for the area

Last month, the Echuca-Moama region was inundated by floodwater, and residents continue the recovery and clean-up process.Moama resident Beck Hall is just one resident to complain about the state of the town’s water.(Facebook / Beck Hall)none

The Murray Darling Basin Authority data shows the Murray River at Echuca is at 93.78 metres above sea level after peaking at a height of 94.977m on October 27.

Resident Rupert Aldous posted that his water was fine but that he still wouldn’t drink it.

“I’m in Lawson Drive and if you can’t see it, I just half-filled my bathroom basin with water,” he said.

Resident Belinda Lee also said her tap water was fine.

“Even white washing is fine. l don’t drink it before it’s boiled, but it’s not discoloured,” she posted.

But another resident, Denise Slater, took to social media on Sunday to show her load of white clothes stained brown after they had been through a laundry cycle that morning.Moama resident Denise Slater ran her whites through the washing machine on Sunday morning only to have them come out brown.(Facebook / Denise Slater)none

Murray River Council last put out a Boil Water Alert for Moama on October 22 due to flood conditions when drinking water in Moama’s filtered water network became unsafe.

Moama’s filtered water comes from the Murray River, and Moulamein from the Edwards River which is filtered at a water filtration plant.

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